Buenos Dias!!!
This has been an awesome week here in Los Baños del Inca.
This week we got to participate in the Baptism of Anderson Colorado. He is our pension’s
grandson and is just awesome. He is 9, his mom Annika is a long time member
but her husband Juan Carlos "Charlie" is not. For this reason they
decided to wait until Anderson was 9 to get baptized so that he could receive
all of the missionary lessons. Anderson understood everything we taught him
surprisingly well for a 9 year old and we have also been teaching his parents,
especially Charlie who wants to now set a good example and help his son to stay
in this path to follow his savior Jesus Christ. The most touching part of the
baptismal service was when Coringo, Anderson's Grandpa who is usually a
completely jokester broke down in tears right before baptizing his grandson,
and also at the end Anderson decided to get up and shared his testimony. It was
a testimony so simple yet so powerful where he talked about how all of his sins
were washed away (I cannot imagine a 9 year old has too many sins) and how
he was now in the path to follow Jesus Christ. So simple yet so sincere, and
that is how it should be.
This week in my personal studies I have been studying about
a Christ like attribute which is hope. Hope is the trust and confidence that if
we do all our part to be obedient then our Heavenly Father will always fulfill
the promises he has made with us. Sometimes this requires a bit of patience but
God will always do his part when we do ours. This confidence and faith in God's
promises stems primarily from two key principles 1) that we are literally God's
children. Our Father loves his children and wants us to be happy and wants us
to learn, so when we show him we are learning by keeping his commandments he
will bless us. 2) That Christ suffered in the Garden of Gethsemane and Died so
that we can receive forgiveness of our sins, and so that we, just like him,
will resurrect one day. If we always think about these two principles we will
remember who we are and what our savior has done for us to allow us to receive
these blessings. Throughout the course of our life we have the opportunity to
make even more promises or covenants with God such as baptism. With these
promises the deal is the same. If we are obedient then we can always have this
surety that God will fulfill his promise to bless us. This hope is what drives
us to make the decisions we do every day, and it is this hope that drives us as
missionaries to go find the people the Lord has prepared to receive the Gospel.
This has been an awesome week here in Los Baños del Inca and
it looks like both Elder Zapatiel and I are going to be staying here together at
least one more transfer. Woo Hoo!!
Love,
Elder Vassau
1) Anderson’s baptism
2) Saying Goodbye to Elder Earl after 5 transfers in Celendi
3) Carnival funeral service
4) Carnival flags
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